Toy machine-gun.



F. R. ARNETT.

TOY MACHINE GUN.

. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. 1918.

Patented Dec. 30,1919.

Inventor: fi'edfiflrnetc,

FRED R. ARNETT, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY MACHINE-GUN.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Application filed November 27, 1818. Serial No. 264,443.

2 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Frnn R. Annn'r'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Machine-Guns, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide .a so-called machine gun, adapted to fire particularly strings or tapes of caps such as have long been used in toy pistols, also with the idea of making the device of such shape and characterthat it can be used to great advantage upon the stage or in any type of mimic warfare to portray the use of the well-known weapon which it resembles, in both appearance "and noise which it creates.

Another object of the invention is to mount such a dummy machine gun upon a portable stand or support, preferably comprising a suitable form of tripod, by means of a simple form of universal joint adapted .to permit the gun 'to oscillate or revolve in a horizontal plane, a vertical plane, or any combination thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a hollowhandle for the device capable of acting as a magazine for the storage of considerable length of cap-tape or ribbon, a substantially wholly closed channel leading from said magazine to the point where the explosion is designed to take place, and manually-operated means operative to positively progress said tape through said channel from said magazine and past the point where it'is caught and struck by the repeating-hammer-of the device.

In addition to the foregoing objects, there are numerous details of construction, as well as the method of operation, which are all hereinafter clearly brought out in the following specification, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the preferred embodiment of the device supported by a tripod, the upper portion of which tripod is shown; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the device; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the rear of the device showing the operating mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, a relatively short section of tube 1, representing the extreme end of the usual rifle-barrel, is shown secured within the free end of a relatively larger tube 2, which represents the coolingjacket of the usual machine gun or the equivalent thereof, and upon the upper surface of the free end of which is fixed a sight 3. The rearmost portion 4 of the tube 2 is secured by any suitable means to the stock 5, said tube near its rear end being apertured at a point 6 to permit the exit therefrom of waste and partially consumed cap-tape.

The stock 5 is provided upon one side with a depending plate 7, to three peripheral edge portions of which is secured a metallic band 8 adapted to form a magazinechamber 9, and at its rear uppermost portion extending upwardly over the top of said stock and apertured at 10 for a purpose hereinafter described, yet spaced from said stock to pro vide a tape-channel 10 The magazine 9 is normally closed by means of a plate 11, pivotally mounted upon said stock at 12, and, if desired, maintained innormal closed position by means of a spring 13, from which position said plate may be readily oscillated to open position for the purpose of inserting a coil of cap-tape within said magazine and surrounding a stationary pin 14.

. In the form of the device illustrated, theplate 7 projects upwardly above the stock 5 so as to form a support or bearing 15, in which is journaled a relatively short shaft 16, secured to the end portions of which are suitable beltor sprocket-wheels 17, while the center portion of said shaft is provided with a spur-toothed ratchet 18 having as many teeth as may be desired.

Also pivotally mounted upon the stock 5, and forward of the shaft 16, is a hammer l9 maintained in its lowermost position against the firing-table 20 by means of a spring 21, and provided at its rearmost end with a lever 22 which normally enters the orbit of the teeth 18, so that as the handle 23 upon the outer free end of the crank 24, in turn secured to the shaft 16, is revolved, each of said teeth in turn depresses and releases the lever 22, thus raising the hammer 19 and then permitting the spring 21 to force the same suddenly downwardly to cooperate with the table 20 and explode one of the usual small charges of explosive 25 carried by the tape 26.

In starting the operation of this device, a roll of cap-tape is placed within the magazine, as hereinbefore described, and started upwardly through the channel 10 and fed therethrough by contact of ones finger or thumb with said tape through the aperture 10 until the forward end of the tape comes between a preferably yielding rubber roller 27 and the adjacent wall 28 of said channel, said roller being mounted upon a shaft 29 rotatable in oppositely positioned elongated apertures 30 in the sides of said stock. The shaft 29, furthermore, has secured to its opposite ends belt or sprocket-wheels 31, which are connected by suitable spring-belts, sprocket-chains, rubber bands, or the like, to the corresponding wheels 17.

Thus revolving the handle 23, in addition to intermittently raising and releasing the hammer 19, also actuates the roller 27 to continuously feed the tape 26 between said hammer and the table 20, where the spaced charges of explosive are ignited by percussion, and the refuse tape and waste pass on into the rear end portion of the tube 2 and drop therefrom through the aperture 6. Further to simulate the use of the machine gun in actual warfare, the same, as hereinbefore described, is movable in a vertical plane about the pivot 32 and in a horizontal plane about the pivot 33.

The support preferably employed for this device comprises a tripod having legs ea, joined at their upper ends by means of a disk 35, which is secured to the flat base portion 36 of a preferably sheet-metal member 37, which at its upper end is apertured to receive the bolt 32 to pivotally connect said member to a band 38, which passes around the tubular member 2 of the machine gun proper.

For the purpose of protecting the eyes and other parts of the body of the user of this device from any dangerous results which might arise from being directly in line with the firing table, upwardly and outwardly flared lips 89 have been provided upon the laterally opposite sides of an opening 40 in the rearmost portion of the tubular barrel 2 and into which opening the hammer 19 enters upon being released from raised po sition by each of the teeth 18 consecutively.

Also, to limit the upward movement of the lever 22, a stud 15 is provided upon the sup ort 15.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A toy machine gun, comprising a stock, a hollow magazine handle secured thereto, a hammer mounted upon said stock, revoluble means to intermittently operate said hammer, revoluble means to feed a captape from said magazine to a point adjacent to said hammer, and a belt connecting and adapted to operate said feeding-means and hammer-actuating means in unison.

2. A toy machine gun, comprising a stock, a hollow magazine handle secured thereto, a channel wholly inclosed by uniformly spaced walls and leading through said stock from said magazine, a pivotally mounted hammer carried by said stock, revoluble means to continuously feed a cap-tape from said magazine through said channel and to a point adjacent to said hammer, and revo luble means to operate said hammer intermittently and operable in unison with said feeding-means.

3 A toy machine gun, comprising a stock, a hollow magazine handle secured thereto, a channel inclosed between uniformly spaced walls and leading through said stock from said magazine, a spring-pressed hammer mounted upon said stock, means to feed a cap-tape from said magazine through said stock to a point beneath said hammer, and ratchet-means to intermittently raise said hammer and then to release the same so that it will be forced by its spring pressure upon said tape, and power transmitting means to operate said feeding means and said ratchet means in unison.

In testimony whereof I have atiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' FRED It. ARNETT. Witnesses:

MERRILL T. CRAMER, DOUGLAS LEAKE. 

